2016 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship

The 2016 TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship is the first season of the Champions. The season started on 21 May at Spa-Francorchamps and ended on 30 October at Mettet.

2016 TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship

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1. Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

2. Circuit Park Zandvoort

3. Circuit Zolder

4.Circuit Goodyear

5. TT Circuit Assen

6. Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet

Locations of the European racing circuits

Teams and drivers

Michelin is the official tyre supplier.

Team Car No. Drivers Status Rounds Boutsen Ginion Racing[1] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[1] 1 Tom Coronel 5 Michael Verhagen 5 5 Renaud Kuppens All Benjamin Lessennes[2] J All 13 Jean-Louis Dauger 2 Tiago Monteiro 2 18 Stéphane Lémeret[1] All Tiago Monteiro[3] 1 Norbert Michelisz 2, 5–6 Matt Neal[4] 3 Kris Richard[5] 4 Delahaye Racing Team[6] SEAT León Cup Racer[7] 2 Edouard Mondron[7] All Guillaume Mondron[7] All Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[6] 3 Didier van Dalen[8] All Amaury Richard[8] J All 4 Romain de Leval[9] J All Alexis van de Poele[9] All Ferry Monster Autosport[10] SEAT León TCR[10] 6 Mathieu Detry 2, 4, 6 Lorenzo Donniacuo 2 Francisco Mora[11] J 3 José Rodrigues[11] 3 Matthieu de Robiano 4 Willem Meijer 6 10 Loris Hezemans[10] J 1–2 Vincent Radermecker[10] 1 Olivier Hart J 2 RACB National Team[12][N 1] Team WRT[12][N 1] SEAT León Cup Racer[13] 7 Sam Dejonghe[13] All Denis Dupont[13] All Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[14] 52 Maxime Potty[15] J All Ronnie Latinne[15] 1–3 Stefano Comini[5] 4 Loris Hezemans 5 Grégoire Demoustier 6 Peugeot Belgique Luxembourg Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 8 Frédéric Bouvy 6 Aurélien Comte 6 Bas Koeten Racing[16] SEAT León Cup Racer[16] 9 Loris Cencetti[17] 1 Cédric Cherain[17] 1 Meindert van Buuren J 5 Marcel Dekker 5 11 Tom Coronel[18] 1 Jamie Vandenbalck[18] J 1 22 Ghislain Cordeel J 2 Jeffrey van Hooydonk 2 34 Bas Schouten[19] 2, 5 Michael Verhagen 2 Bas Koeten 5 Lubner Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 15 Roger Vögeli 6 Daniel Hadorn 6 Milo Racing[14] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[14] 20 Kévin Balthazar[20] 1–2 Frédéric Bouvy[20] 1 Vincent Radermecker 2–4, 6 Olivier Cartelle 3 Lorenzo Donniacuo 4 Stienes Longin 6 21 Steve van Bellingen[21] 1–4 David Dermont[21] 1–4 DG Sport Compétition[22] Opel Astra TCR[22] 23 Frédéric Caprasse[22] All Pierre-Yves Corthals[22] All Charleroi on Tracks[23] Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[23] 27 Fabio Marchiafava[23] 4–6 Loris Cencetti[24] 4–5 Philippe Ménage 6

Icon Legend J Junior

Notes

1. Car No. 7 entered as RACB National Team and car No. 52 entered as Team WRT.

Calendar and results

The 2016 schedule consists in six rounds in the Benelux region, across Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. Each round includes five races: a 60-minute-long qualifying race with a mandatory driver change, and four 20-minute-long sprint races. The starting grid for the qualifying race is established by a popular vote via Facebook, through the Making the Grid application. Race 1 uses the fastest lap of after the pit stop during the qualifying race to determine the starting grid. Race 3 uses the fastest lap of before the pit stop during qualifying race. Races 2 and 4 include a rolling start using the finishing order, respectively, of Race 1 and 3.^[25] The order for the qualifying race was subsequently revised with an aggregate score from the fan voting and the fastest laps from the final 15 minutes from the 45-minute Free Practice session (Fast lap window) held before the qualifying race. In case of a tie in the aggregate score, the results from the fan voting will have bigger weight.^[26] The calendar was announced on 17 November 2015.^[27]

Rnd.	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	QR	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	21 May	Stéphane Lémeret Tiago Monteiro	Frédéric Caprasse Pierre-Yves Corthals	Stéphane Lémeret Tiago Monteiro	Boutsen Ginion Racing	International GT Open Formula V8 3.5 Series Euroformula Open
	R1		22 May	Tom Coronel	Vincent Radermecker	Tiago Monteiro	Boutsen Ginion Racing
	R2				Sam Dejonghe	Guillaume Mondron	Delahaye Racing Team
	R3			Pierre-Yves Corthals	Renaud Kuppens	Renaud Kuppens	Boutsen Ginion Racing
	R4				Loris Hezemans	Renaud Kuppens	Boutsen Ginion Racing
2	QR	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	15 July	Jean-Louis Dauger Tiago Monteiro	Olivier Hart Loris Hezemans	Sam Dejonghe Denis Dupont	RACB National Team	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters TCR Trophy Europe
	R1		16 July	Tiago Monteiro	Norbert Michelisz	Norbert Michelisz	Boutsen Ginion Racing
	R2				Amaury Richard	Vincent Radermecker	Milo Racing
	R3		17 July	Loris Hezemans	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Bas Koeten Racing
	R4				Didier van Dalen	Loris Hezemans	Ferry Monster Autosport
3	QR	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder	18 August	Frédéric Caprasse Pierre-Yves Corthals	Frédéric Caprasse Pierre-Yves Corthals	Frédéric Caprasse Pierre-Yves Corthals	DG Sport Compétition	24 Hours of Zolder TCR Trophy Europe
	R1		20 August	Sam Dejonghe	Didier van Dalen	Vincent Radermecker	Milo Racing
	R2				Frédéric Caprasse	Vincent Radermecker	Milo Racing
	R3			Pierre-Yves Corthals	Amaury Richard	Pierre-Yves Corthals	DG Sport Compétition
	R4				Pierre-Yves Corthals	Pierre-Yves Corthals	DG Sport Compétition
4	QR	Circuit Goodyear, Colmar-Berg	24 September	Stefano Comini Maxime Potty	Stefano Comini Maxime Potty	Stefano Comini Maxime Potty	Team WRT	Headline
	R1		25 September	Maxime Potty	Maxime Potty	Stéphane Lémeret	Boutsen Ginion Racing
	R2				Frédéric Caprasse	Frédéric Caprasse	DG Sport Compétition
	R3			Stefano Comini	Vincent Radermecker	Stefano Comini	Team WRT
	R4				Mathieu Detry	Pierre-Yves Corthals	DG Sport Compétition
5	QR	TT Circuit Assen, Assen	23 October	Loris Hezemans Maxime Potty	Norbert Michelisz Stéphane Lémeret	Sam Dejonghe Denis Dupont	RACB National Team	Dutch Supercar Challenge
	R1			Renaud Kuppens	Renaud Kuppens	Renaud Kuppens	Boutsen Ginion Racing
	R2				Renaud Kuppens	Renaud Kuppens	Boutsen Ginion Racing
	R3			Norbert Michelisz	Norbert Michelisz	Norbert Michelisz	Boutsen Ginion Racing
	R4				Norbert Michelisz	Norbert Michelisz	Boutsen Ginion Racing
6	QR	Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet	30 October	Norbert Michelisz Stéphane Lémeret	Norbert Michelisz Stéphane Lémeret	Norbert Michelisz Stéphane Lémeret	Boutsen Ginion Racing	10 Hours of Mettet
	R1			Amaury Richard	Frédéric Caprasse	Benjamin Lessennes	Boutsen Ginion Racing
	R2				Frédéric Caprasse	Frédéric Caprasse	DG Sport Compétition
	R3			Norbert Michelisz	Norbert Michelisz	Norbert Michelisz	Boutsen Ginion Racing
	R4				Norbert Michelisz	Norbert Michelisz	Boutsen Ginion Racing

Championship standings

Scoring systems

Qualifying race

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	50	36	30	24	20	16	12	8	4	2

Sprint races

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

In every classification, points from the worst round are dropped.

Drivers' championships

In sprint races both the competing driver and the co-driver that is not competing score points.

Pos. Driver SPA‡ ZAN ZOL GOO ASS MET Pts. QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Stéphane Lémeret 1 2 2 3 7 6 8 4 2 4 1 4 NC 8 NC 1 3 2 487 2 Frédéric Caprasse 2 Ret DNS 14 12 9 1 4 2 2 4 1 3 10 EX 2 2 1 429.5 Pierre-Yves Corthals 2 3 3 14 3 Ret 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 NC DNS 2 3 Ret 3 Sam Dejonghe 4 2 10 1 13 7 3 3 4 Ret 7 7 1 2 NC 3 5 7 314 Denis Dupont 4 8 6 1 11 11 3 2 6 Ret 8 6 1 NC DNS 3 9 6 4 Romain de Leval 3 3 4 2 5 5 Ret 5 Ret 5 9 8 8 9 6 4 4 5 292 Alexis van de Poele 3 4 12 2 6 13 Ret 3 4 5 5 3 8 5 5 4 4 3 5 Renaud Kuppens 5 1 1 DNS 15 4 4 DNS DNS 11 11 Ret 2 1 1 7 NC 5 283.5 Benjamin Lessennes 5 12 Ret DNS 6 2 4 11 DNS 11 Ret Ret 2 9 4 7 1 3 6 Maxime Potty 11 8 5 5 10 5 2 10 Ret 1 2 2 NC 3 2 10 7 9 281 7 Norbert Michelisz 3 1 3 NC 1 1 1 1 1 271 8 Edouard Mondron 6 6 4 6 12 7 5 7 3 3 10 9 6 8 6 11 5 5 251 Guillaume Mondron 6 10 1 6 7 6 5 9 DNS 3 6 5 6 6 4 11 6 4 9 Didier van Dalen 7 11 Ret 10 4 12 6 2 6 9 9 7 4 12 7 6 6 7 220 Amaury Richard 7 9 7 10 2 Ret 6 5 Ret 9 3 3 4 3 3 6 NC 6 10 Vincent Radermecker 12 5 9 4 3 1 7 1 1 10 7 Ret 13 10 11 150 11 Ronnie Latinne 11 10 8 5 4 4 2 10 5 122 12 Tiago Monteiro 1 1 2 12 Ret 11 121 13 Stefano Comini 1 1 Ret 111 14 Kévin Balthazar 13 4 6 4 9 9 96 Loris Hezemans 12 13 13 13 2 1 NC 4 NC 15 Mathieu Detry 8 8 3 7 4 4 9 6 Ret 95 16 Kris Richard 4 3 2 94 17 Frédéric Bouvy 13 5 11 5 9 8 90 18 Olivier Cartelle 7 8 8 68 Michael Verhagen 7 11 12 NC 5 NC 19 Tom Coronel 10 7 3 NC 2 2 64 20 Aurélien Comte 5 2 2 62 21 Loris Cencetti 9 6 8 8 10 5 9 7 7 61 22 Lorenzo Donniacuo 8 8 10 10 5 6 58 Bas Schouten 7 5 Ret 7 6 NC 23 Matt Neal 8 6 5 56 24 Ghislain Cordeel 9 9 8 53 Jeffrey van Hooydonk 9 1 2 25 Steve van Bellingen 8 12 10 11 10 Ret Ret 9 Ret 6 10 8 52.5 David Dermont 8 9 7 11 13 8 Ret 7 7 6 Ret 12 26 Meindert van Buuren 5 4 3 52 Marcel Dekker 5 10 8 27 Mathieu de Robiano 7 7 8 46 28 Olivier Hart 13 Ret 13 43 29 Fabio Marchiafava 8 NC Ret 9 12 8 12 DNS DNS 11 9 40 30 Bas Koeten 7 7 5 36 31 Francisco Mora 9 6 3 31 José Rodrigues 9 8 Ret 32 Cédric Cherain 9 7 5 23 33 Jamie Vandenbalck 10 11 9 20 34 Willem Meijer 9 8 10 17 35 Grégoire Demoustier 10 7 NC 16 36 Roger Vogeli 8 11 12 13 Daniel Hadorn 8 10 8 37 Stienes Longin 13 NC 10 2 Philippe Ménage 12 38 Jean-Louis Dauger 12 14 10 1 Pos. Driver QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts. SPA‡ ZAN ZOL GOO ASS MET

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes

• ‡ – Half points were awarded in Race 4 at Spa-Francorchamps as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed due to heavy rain.

Junior class

In contrast to the overall Drivers' championship only the driver competing scores points in sprint races.

Pos.	Driver	SPA‡					ZAN					ZOL					GOO					ASS					MET					Pts.
		QR	R1	R2	R3	R4	QR	R1	R2	R3	R4	QR	R1	R2	R3	R4	QR	R1	R2	R3	R4	QR	R1	R2	R3	R4	QR	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Romain de Leval	3	3	4			2	5	5			Ret	5	Ret			5	9	8			8	9	6			4	4	5			200
2	Maxime Potty	11	8	5			5			10	5	2	10	Ret			1	2	2			NC	3	2			10	7	9			198
3	Benjamin Lessennes	5	12	Ret			DNS	6	2			4	11	DNS			11			Ret	Ret	2			9	4	7	1	3			160
4	Amaury Richard	7			9	7	10	2	Ret			6			5	Ret	9	3	3			4			3	3	6	NC	6			158
5	Mathieu Detry						8			8	3						7			4	4						9			6	Ret	75
6	Loris Hezemans	12			13	13	13			2	1											NC			4	NC						55
7	Meindert van Buuren																					5	4	3								47
8	Francisco Mora											9			6	3																27
9	Willem Meijer																									9	8	10				9
10	Ghislain Cordeel						9	9	8																							6
11	Jamie Vandenbalck	10			11	9																										2
NC	Olivier Hart						13	Ret	13																							0
Pos.	Driver	QR	R1	R2	R3	R4	QR	R1	R2	R3	R4	QR	R1	R2	R3	R4	QR	R1	R2	R3	R4	QR	R1	R2	R3	R4	QR	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts.
		SPA‡					ZAN					ZOL					GOO					ASS					MET

Notes

• ‡ – Half points were awarded in Race 4 at Spa-Francorchamps as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed due to heavy rain.

Teams' championship

Points toward the Teams' championship are only awarded in the qualifying race.

Pos.	Team	SPA	ZAN	ZOL	GOO	ASS	MET	Pts.
1	RACB National Team/Team WRT	4	1	2	1	1	3	216
2	Boutsen Ginion Racing	1	3	4	4	2	1	196
3	DG Sport Compétition	2	14	1	2	3	2	188
4	Delahaye Racing Team	3	2	5	3	4	4	144
5	Milo Racing	8	4	7	6		13	88
6	Ferry Monster Autosport	12	8	9	7		9	72
7	Bas Koeten Racing	9	7			5		36
8	Charleroi on Tracks				8	9	12	32
9	Peugeot Belgique Luxemburg						5	20
10	Lubner Motorsport						8	16
Pos.	Team	SPA	ZAN	ZOL	GOO	ASS	MET	Pts.

Cars' championship

Points toward the Cars' championship are only awarded in the sprint races.

Pos.	Car	SPA‡				ZAN				ZOL				GOO				ASS				MET				Pts.
1	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	1	2	1	1	1	2	7	4	6	5	4	2	1	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	400.5
2	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	3	4	4	7	2	1	4	5	1	1	3	4	2	2	1	3	3	2	3	3	4	5	4	3	344
3	SEAT León Cup Racer/León TCR	2	1	6	4	7	6	1	1	3	3	2	3	7	6	4	4	2	3	6	6	5	4	5	5	308
4	Opel Astra TCR	Ret	DNS	3	3	12	9	3	Ret	4	2	1	1	4	1	2	1	10	EX	NC	DNS	2	1	3	Ret	266.5
5	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR													5	NC	NC	Ret	12	8	7	7	DNS	DNS	11	9	76
6	Peugeot 308 Racing Cup																					9	8	2	2	56
Pos.	Car	SPA‡				ZAN				ZOL				GOO				ASS				MET				Pts.

Notes

• ‡ – Half points were awarded in Race 4 at Spa-Francorchamps as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed due to heavy rain.